Rhino: Amnesty International revealed that it has received alarming information indicating that civilian activists, human rights defenders and medical and humanitarian workers in Sudan are at risk of imminent deadly reprisal attacks.
The international organization explained that the Sudanese Armed Forces have lists of people who have been identified as targets for bloody liquidation operations, and that the lists contain names of people who are supposed to be targeted as “associates of the Rapid Support Forces.”
The lists include the names of politicians, activists, medical workers, prosecutors and members of protest groups. The organization said it is still working to verify the validity of the lists, noting the rapidly changing situation and the repeated violations committed by the armed forces and allied forces in the past after making gains at the expense of the RSF, and stressed that all parties must not target civilians.
Amnesty International’s Regional Director for East and Southern Africa, Tigere Tshaguta, warned: “It is extremely dangerous to confuse medical workers, legal workers, politicians, political parties, civil society and humanitarian workers with members of an armed group. “The Sudanese Armed Forces and their allies must immediately order their forces not to carry out any reprisals against civilians, including human rights defenders, humanitarian workers and prisoners of war.”
Amnesty emphasized that fears of reprisals are rising among residents of areas that were under the control of the RSF in Khartoum state, following mass reprisal killings in Wad Madani, the capital of Gezira state, by the armed forces and allied forces in early January.
The UN Human Rights Office reported on January 31 that at least 18 people, including a woman, had been killed in incidents attributed to fighters and militias affiliated with the armed forces since they regained control of parts of Khartoum Bahri in late January and early February. She conveyed the concern of ERR members for the safety of their members given the recent pattern of violence against civilians and the inclusion of some of their members in some of the lists circulating.
Amnesty International’s Regional Director for East and Southern Africa, Tigere Tshaguta, warned: “It is extremely dangerous to confuse medical workers, legal workers, politicians, political parties, civil society and humanitarian workers with members of an armed group. “The Sudanese Armed Forces and their allies must immediately order their forces not to carry out any reprisals against civilians, including human rights defenders, humanitarian workers and prisoners of war.”
Amnesty emphasized that fears of reprisals are rising among residents of areas that were under the control of the RSF in Khartoum state, following mass reprisal killings in Wad Madani, the capital of Gezira state, by the armed forces and allied forces in early January.
The UN Human Rights Office reported on January 31 that at least 18 people, including a woman, had been killed in incidents attributed to fighters and militias affiliated with the armed forces since they regained control of parts of Khartoum Bahri in late January and early February. She conveyed the concern of ERR members for the safety of their members given the recent pattern of violence against civilians and the inclusion of some of their members in some of the lists circulating.
Tigiri Chagutah said: “We have seen in the past how the armed forces and allied militias have killed or arrested anyone categorized as cooperating with the RSF, including small business owners or ERR volunteers and other activists and civilians.
